James averaged 31.4 points, 7.0 rebounds and 6.6 assists in leading the Cavaliers to their first playoff appearance in eight years. Michael Jordan, Oscar Robertson and Jerry West are the only other players in NBA history to average at least 31 points, seven rebounds and six assists in a season.

James received 116 first-place votes and 610 total points from the panel of 126 media members.

At the age of 21 years, 138 days, James is the youngest player in NBA history to be named to the first team. Max Zaslofsky was 21 years, 5 months old when he was named to the All-NBA first team as a rookie in the 1946-47 season.

Bryant, who led the league with 35.4 points a game, was selected to the team for the fourth time. Nash, who won the MVP award for the second straight season, led the league with 10.5 assists per game. Nowitzki averaged a career-high 26.6 points. O'Neal made the team for the seventh straight season and eighth overall.

In other news

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Baylor named Executive of Year
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Elgin Baylor
, the
Los Angeles Clippers
' vice president of basketball operations since 1986, has been selected the NBA's Executive of the Year in voting by 45 league executives, beating out Toronto's

Bryan Colangelo
.
The Clippers, longtime NBA doormats, finished the regular season with a 47-35 record — their best since the 1974-75 season, when they played in Buffalo and won a franchise-record 49 games. They qualified for the playoffs for the first time in nine years and reached the second round for the first time since 1976.